If you want to live close to where the action is in Tokyo, be aware that everyone else does, too, so apartments are smaller than you are used to. Tokyo Lens seeks out the strangest and tiniest apartments to show us, but this one is different. It's not only tiny, it's terrifying! It's essentially a glass box built around central staircase of a building, right on top. Yeah, you can tell yourself you're living in a penthouse greenhouse, but there's no room for plants, or furniture for that matter. You wouldn't be able to carry any of that up there, anyway.
However, it's the glass that will give you the heebie-jeebies. It goes from floor to ceiling all the way around the apartment. You can't avoid stepping near it, which will make you feel as if you are about to fall to the ground, four stories below. And many of the glass panels open to the outside, with no ledge to save you! Sure, there are blinds, but when they are down, the place is more claustrophobic than ever. Even people who think they need very little space or belongings will find this apartment intense. -via Digg